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Parents Bob and Fran have worked their fingers to the bone and with their four children grown and ready to fly the nest, it might be time to relax and enjoy the roses. But as each season brings about a new and devastating change, it becomes clear that life never works out as planned.

In this ambitious international collaboration, Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company of South Australia present Andrew Bovell’s heart-breaking depiction of family life. With strong performances throughout, this production uses visual, physical and lyrical elements to convey the highs and lows of loving.

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Hamlet, William Shakespeare's longest and most famous tragedy, was written some time between 1599 and 1602. It is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential works of literature in history.

Prince Hamlet sets out to avenge his beloved father's death at the hand of his uncle Claudius, who has married the Queen and seized the crown. But Hamlet's spiral into grief and madness has permanent and immutable consequences for the Kingdom of Denmark.

In this comically dark retelling of William Shakespeare's great tragedy, young Hamlet returns home from university to find his uncle Claude’s feet well and truly under the table at his family’s pub, The Prince of Denmark.

Considered to be one of the greatest tragedies of all time, Shakespeare’s tale of murder and revenge is brought to life in this critically acclaimed and visually striking production of Hamlet from the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Shakespeare’s tale of psychological turmoil and familial destruction is brought vividly to life in this Black Theatre Live production, in association with Watford Palace Theatre and Stratford Circus Arts Centre.

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William Shakespeare's only pastoral comedy, As You Like It introduces a heroine who is arguably Shakespeare’s greatest female character and speaks a quarter of the play’s total lines.

Banished from court, Rosalind follows her exiled father into the untamed Forest of Arden. Disguised as a man for safety, her great wit and good nature show through her male trappings as she engages with fools and philosophers adrift in the woods, and ultimately falls in love.

Shakespeare’s famous pastoral comedy of love and disguise is reimagined here with darker, more sombre undertones. This production, directed by Michael Boyd and starring Jonjo O’Neill and Katy Stephens as Orlando and Rosalind, was captured by Digital Theatre live at the RSC’s Courtyard Theatre in Stratford upon Avon.

Inspired by the songs of As You Like, including ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’, this original piece by Anjana Vasan – a musical triptych – is performed by the songwriter and directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah.

Love triumphs in As You Like It, Shakespeare’s joyous comic adventure! Rosalind, arguably Shakespeare’s greatest female character, is banished from court and follows her exiled father into the untamed Forest of Arden.

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Thought to have been first performed in 1606 as a response to the Gunpowder Plot against James I, and William Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy, Macbeth is a story of power, ambition, witchcraft and murder.

Counted among his greatest tragedies, Shakespeare’s unsettling combination of warring soldiers and ‘weird sisters’ is brought to life in this post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Scottish play. This production, directed by Gemma Bodinetz and starring David Morrissey in the title role, was captured by Digital Theatre live at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Shakespeare’s tale of a desperate and destructive folie à deux is brought into the twenty-first century, complete with three prophesying drag queens, in this Tara Arts production, created in association with Black Theatre Live and Queen’s Hall Arts.

In Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice and Benedick are adamant in their mutual dislike, while Claudio and Hero are deep in love, and the two stories take an unexpected course. This production was captured by Digital Theatre live at London’s Wyndham's Theatre and starred David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

With his mysterious title applied here to Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s tale of relationships beginning and ending is brought to life in this Edwardian reimagining of Love's Labour's Won from the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of William Shakespeare's most beloved comedies. Shakespeare combined theatricality, Greek mythology and the supernatural to create what is arguably his most playfully imaginative work.

On the eve of the wedding between Theseus and Hippolyta, four lovers find themselves at the mercy of the fairies in the Athenian woods. Interconnecting with a ramshackle group of players rehearsing a play for the celebrations, the stories and confusions interweave and finally resolve.

Director Sing J. Lee and bionic artist Viktoria Modesta create a near future in which Oberon makes Titania the subject of an experiment, transporting her into a virtual reality where she engages in a courtship dance surrounded by neon lights and pop music.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky’s epic masterpiece plays out in a modern-day St Petersburg, populated by villains, lunatics and grotesques, as impoverished student Raskolnikov embarks on a journey of murder and madness.

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Likely to have been a collaboration with John Fletcher, William Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, or All is True, could not have been written during Elizabeth’s reign – the events depicted were still so recent – but capitalises on Jacobean nostalgia for the Elizabethan era.

In Shakespeare’s account of the infamous king’s tempestuous romantic and political relationship, we see the rise of some – Wolsey, Anne, Cranmer – at the expense of others – Buckingham, Katherine, and Wolsey again.

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William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is believed to have been written in 1599. Despite the title, the play focuses more on Brutus and the conflicting demands on him of honour and friendship.

The skies over ancient Rome blaze with terrifying portents, and soothsayers warn Caesar of approaching doom. As conspiracy swirls through the city, Shakespeare explores the deep repercussions of political murder on the human heart.

Adapted from Act II, Scene I of William Shakespeare’s Roman history play, Julius Caesar, this contemporary reimagining sees a charismatic Brutus use his powers of rhetoric to justify his plot to assassinate Caesar.

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Counted among William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, Othello draws on contemporaneous works about Venice and Turkey, as well as Giraldi Cinthio’s Gli Hecatommithi, and explores themes of race, jealousy and hatred.

Othello has secretly married Desdemona for love, much to the displeasure of her father. The jaded and malicious Iago harnesses the jealousy both enacted upon and harboured within Othello to sew the seeds of debilitating doubt in his marriage, with devastating consequences.

In this original piece, multimedia artist Phoebe Boswell questions William Shakespeare about the racial tensions in Othello, and draws on her own experience of the art world to explore how these anxieties resonate today.

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The sparkling tale of the Bennets, a family blessed with five daughters and a mother desperate to marry them off. The tempestuous pairing of the witty, independent Elizabeth and her arrogant but honourable suitor Mr. Darcy sets the standard for all great couples of stage and screen.

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William Shakespeare’s history plays were written out of sequence, and Richard III was written before Richard II, its first printing describing it as a ‘tragedy’. Unusually, the play opens with a soliloquy from its protagonist.

The Wars of the Roses are raging and the Machiavellian Richard of York, Duke of Gloucester, is plotting to seize the throne from his brother, the undisputed King Edward IV.

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Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare's most popular and frequently performed plays. The most iconic love story of all time, this is an epic-scale tragedy of desire and revenge.

Despite the bitter rivalry that exists between their families, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet have fallen madly in love. But when the feud escalates into violence, the young couple embark on a dangerous mission to preserve their love at any cost.

Written by Laura Dockrill, this contemporary reimagining of William Shakespeare’s epic love story sees two families wage a turf war from their respective ice cream vans, while young love burgeons on the beach.

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The aim of this Digital Theatre+ Practical Workshop Guide is to deepen and enrich understanding of the play as a blueprint for performance, encouraging the student to approach the material using the investigative and interpretive methods of the actor, director or voice coach.